Linus Wahlqvist
Wahlqvist playing for Dynamo Dresden in 2019
Personal information
Full name Rolf Linus Wahlqvist Egnell
Date of birth (1996-11-11) 11 November 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Norrköping, Sweden
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Pogoń Szczecin
Number 28
Youth career
0000–2009 Eneby BK
2009–2013 IFK Norrköping
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 IFK Norrköping 121 (7)
2018–2020 Dynamo Dresden 54 (0)
2020–2022 IFK Norrköping 71 (4)
2023– Pogoń Szczecin 27 (0)
International career‡
2011–2013 Sweden U17 28 (1)
2013–2015 Sweden U19 17 (0)
2015–2018 Sweden U21 29 (1)
2016– Sweden 14 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Sweden
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Third place 2013 UAE
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:02, 18 November 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:02, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

Rolf Linus Wahlqvist Egnell (born 11 November 1996) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for Pogoń Szczecin and the Sweden national team as a right-back.[1]

Career

Wahlqvist arrived at IFK Norrköping from his boyhood club Eneby BK in 2009. For the 2013 Allsvenskan season he was moved up to the first team where he eventually switched position from central defender to right fullback at the start of the following year.[2] On 6 April 2014, he made his Allsvenskan debut in the 2–0 win against Helsingborgs IF.[3]

In July 2018, Wahlqvist joined 2. Bundesliga side Dynamo Dresden on a four-year contract. The transfer fee was undisclosed.[4]

In July 2020, Wahlqvist announced that he would leave Dynamo Dresden upon the team's relegation to 3. Liga, activating a clause in his contract to terminate it in with immediate effect.[5]

He left on 4 August 2020 to join Norrköping.[6]

On 10 December 2022, it was announced Wahlqvist would join Polish Ekstraklasa club Pogoń Szczecin on a deal until June 2026, starting from 1 January 2023.[7]

International career

In September 2013 Wahlqvist was selected to the Sweden national under-17 football team that would compete in the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup, in which he helped the team to the bronze medal.[8][9]

Wahlqvist was also a part of the Sweden U21 team that competed at the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, in which he missed a crucial penalty kick against England before Sweden was eliminated in the group stage of the tournament.[10][11]

Wahlqvist made his senior international debut for Sweden against Estonia in January 2016.[12]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 28 February
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
IFK Norrköping 2014 Allsvenskan 24 0 – – — 29 0
2015 Allsvenskan 29 3 5 0 – 1[a] 0 30 3
2016 Allsvenskan 28 2 5 0 2[b] 0 —– 35 2
2017 Allsvenskan 28 2 7 1 4[c] 0 —– 39 3
2018 Allsvenskan 12 0 3 0 — — 15 0
Total 121 7 20 1 6 0 1 0 147 8
Dynamo Dresden 2018–19 2. Bundesliga 29 0 — — — 29 0
2019–20 2. Bundesliga 25 0 1 0 — — 26 0
Total 54 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 55 0
IFK Norrköping 2020 Allsvenskan 17 1 — — — 17 1
2021 Allsvenskan 28 3 3 0 — — 31 3
2022 Allsvenskan — 2 1 — — 2 1
Total 45 4 5 1 0 0 0 0 50 5
Career total 220 11 26 2 6 0 1 0 252 13
  1. ^ Appearance in the Svenska Supercupen
  2. ^ Appearance in the Champions League
  3. ^ Appearance in the Europa League

International

As of 16 November 2023[13]
National team Year Apps Goals
Sweden 2016 3 0
2017 2 0
2018 1 0
2019 0 0
2020 0 0
2021 0 0
2022 0 0
2023 8 0
Total 14 0

Honours

IFK Norrköping

Sweden U17

References

  1. ^ "Linus Wahlqvist". Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  2. ^ "Först IFK – sedan siktar Linus mot Europa". Norrköpings Tidningar. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Linus: "Om jag fortsätter utvecklas kommer speltiden"". IFK Norrköping. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  4. ^ "Dynamo holt Schwedens U-21-Kapitän Wahlqvist". kicker Online (in German). 16 July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Wahlqvist bekräftar: Lämnar Dresden efter nedflyttningen". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  6. ^ "Linus Wahlqvist". IFK Norrköping (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  7. ^ "Linus Wahlqvist nowym piłkarzem Pogoni Szczecin!" (in Polish). Pogoń Szczecin. 10 December 2022.
  8. ^ "P17-landslagets VM-trupp uttagen". Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  9. ^ "Svenska utklassning – tog brons i U17-VM". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). 8 November 2013. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  10. ^ ""Bara" oavgjort – efter Wahlqvists straffmiss". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 16 June 2017. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  11. ^ "Sverige ute ur U21-EM efter förnedring". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 22 June 2017. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  12. ^ "Linus Wahlqvist — svenskfotboll.se". www2.svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  13. ^ "L. Wahlqvist". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 July 2018.

External links


Pogoń Szczecin – current squad
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